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Some days (weeks) you just want to keep your eyes closed. You don’t want to watch the news, you don’t want to look at gas prices, you don’t want to read your utility bill. It all seems beyond your control. Gas prices in California on March 11. Anyone recognize where? But as commenter @Jennifer suggested […]

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